Sir Elton John

Hi humans, welcome back.

I have just watched the Elton John biographical movie and it came to my mind how much I admired him when I was a kid.

I loved his exuberance, flamboyance and his huge amount of sunglasses and hats. I always thought “I wish I could dress up like that”. 

When I was a kid, about 2 or 3 times a year my parents  would take us on a day trip to Spain. We would mainly cross the border to buy groceries, which at some point were cheaper than in Portugal.

The best part of the trip was that we would visit these department stores that for me and my sister, were the best place in the world. The department stores name is EL Corte Ingles and now it exists in Portugal as well, but not in the days. I am referring to the late 80’s, early 90’s.

The store was huge, shiny, with so many sections and variety.  One of my favourites sections was the sunglasses and hats aisles. I had never been in a place that allowed customers to simply take the items and try them on without having a sales assistant help. I would go to those sections and spend so much time trying sunglasses and hats, asking my sister if I looked like Elton John.

Sometimes I would come up with other imaginary characters and pretend to be someone else with a super interesting life.  I would put the glasses back on the rack and think to myself that “when I grew up, I am going to buy as many sunglasses and hats I would want”. I was right!

I hope Sir Elton John knows he has inspired kids all around the world with his style.

Here is a link to the movie trailer, I do recommend it.

I am Franca and this is Personal!